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Enable releases and versions
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Releases represent points in time for your project. They can be used to schedule how features are rolled out to your customers, or as a way to organize work that has been completed for the project.
Enable releases and versions for your next-gen project
Navigate to your next-gen software project.
Go to Project Settings > Features.
Enable or disable the Releases and versions feature.
The following changes will be made to your project when you enable the feature:
A new field, Fix versions, will be added to your issue types.
A new menu item, Releases, will be added to the left-hand project menu.
Create versions for your project
In Jira Software, each release is called a version. There are two ways to create versions in your project. Only project admins can create versions.
From the Releases page
Select Releases in the project menu on the left.
Select Create version. Give your version a name, eg 1.1.
From the Versions panel on the Backlog
On the Backlog, select the Version filter and enable the Versions panel toggle.
Select Backlog in the project menu on the left.
Select + Create version.
Assign versions to your issues
From the issue view
Open an issue.
Under the Fix versions field, select a version that to add the issue to. You can select more than one version.
From the Versions panel
On the Backlog, select the Version filter and enable the Versions panel toggle.
Navigate to the Backlog
Open the Versions panel.
Drag an issue to the version you want to add it to.
Here you can also drag-and-drop issues from one epic to another. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) to multi-select.
Filter versions on the Board and Backlog
Navigate to your project's Board or Backlog.
In the Versions filter or panel, select one or more versions. Issues belonging to these versions will continue showing, while all other issues will be hidden.
Issues created while versions are selected in the Version filter will automatically be added to those versions.
Use JQL to do advanced searching using versions
You can use JQL to perform more powerful searched using versions.
Select Jira home in the top-left corner.
Select Filters > Search issues.
Select Switch to JQL.
In your JQL query, you can use the FixVersion operator to search for issues in a specific version. Eg: FixVersion = 1.1.
Monitor the progress of your versions
The Releases page shows how much work has been completed in each version.
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